"reliever" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-reliever.ogg [Australia] Forms: relievers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ) Etymology: relieve + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relieve|er}} relieve + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} reliever (plural relievers)
  1. (chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.). Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-reliever-en-noun-MOmZYvhD Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (baseball) A relief pitcher. Categories (topical): Baseball, People
    Sense id: en-reliever-en-noun-3vxa13yR Disambiguation of People: 1 27 39 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 51 27 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 66 17 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 13 47 26 13 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. Someone who fills in for another. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-reliever-en-noun-Yx5CUCeY Disambiguation of People: 1 27 39 32
  4. (slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out. Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-reliever-en-noun-pa541QYY Disambiguation of People: 1 27 39 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: starter, pitcher, first baseman, infielder, outfielder

Inflected forms

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